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考拉

kǎolā

(loanword) koala

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

(loanword) koala

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 考拉 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 考拉 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

看看那边的考拉。kàn kàn nà biān de kǎo lā。

Look at that koala over there.

您曾经见过考拉吗?nín céng jīng jiàn guò kǎo lā ma?

Have you ever seen a koala?

该州将修建特制的桥梁以便考拉和其他野生动物可以在避开汽车和卡车的情况下过马路。gāi zhōu jiāng xiū jiàn tè zhì de qiáo liáng yǐ biàn kǎo lā hé qí tā yě shēng dòng wù kě yǐ zài bì kāi qì chē hé kǎ chē de qíng kuàng xià guò mǎ lù。

The state will build specially made bridges so that koalas and other wildlife can cross roads while avoiding cars and trucks.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 考拉.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 考拉.

Directly before

  • 见过考拉1
  • 的考拉1
  • 以便考拉1

Directly after

  • 考拉吗1
  • 考拉和1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 考拉

What does 考拉 mean in Chinese?

考拉 (kǎolā) means (loanword) koala.

How do you pronounce 考拉?

考拉 is pronounced kǎolā.

Is 考拉 an HSK word?

考拉 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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